HOMBRES COMPLICADOS
(BELGIUM, 1997, 85 min., FLEMISH)

WEDNESDAY 10/29 THURSDAY 10/30	10:30 PM 3:45 PM
10/29 MANN'S CHINESE 10/30 LAEMMLE'S MONICA #3

U.S. PREMIERE This darkly comic film about brotherly love - and hate - is part gangster film, part road movie, and totally wild. Roger is a smooth petty crook who is not quite clever enough for the big time. Constantly in debt, he makes a habit of borrowing from his mother, convincing her it is an advance on his inheritance. When two thugs to whom he owes money come after Roger, he appeals to his straight-laced customs officer brother Bruno, but to no avail. Bruno is a dutiful son, repulsed by Roger's irresponsibility. Fate seems to smile on Roger when he hears that mother has died suddenly. Sadly, he finds there is only enough money to cover her funeral. In a moment of genius, Roger manages to convince Bruno that this is their chance to salvage their relationship and take a trip with their wives, spending the money on themselves in a grand gesture to their mother. Miraculously, Bruno agrees. Nothing goes as expected, either for the characters or the audience, as Deruddere leads his extremely quirky characters down a road with more than a few unexpected turns, taking some piercing jabs at family ties along the way. DIR Dominique Deruddere PROD Dominique Deruddere, Loret Meus SCR Dominique Deruddere, Marc Didden DP Willy Stassen CAST Dirk Roofthooft, Josse de Pauw, Hilde van Mieghem, Lies Pauwels DIRECTOR'S FILMOGRAPHY: Crazy Love (1986) Wait Until Spring Bandini (1989) Suite 16 (1994) Hombres Complicados (1997)

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